Endoscopy

oxygenation status. ii. GERD is diagnosed mostly from signs sand symptoms. The gold standard for diagnosing GERD is the 24-hour pH monitoring which records “the number, duration, and severity of reflux episodes (Christensen & Krockow, 2011, p. 1423).” Endoscopy is used to view the effects of the reflux on the esophagus. iii. The patient…

I was using baby wipes, antibiotic creams, creams to ease the burning and stinging and a hospital strength pain relieving spray. I also tried several kinds of diaper rash products, thinking that may help. However, nothing completely relieved those symptoms, or healed the rash, until after I had stopped taking the Benicar and the diarrhea had stopped. December 3, 2011- I ended up going to the emergency room at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital @ Hamilton, again. I had severe nausea,…

There is evidence beyond any doubt that simulation is now taking its place as one of the important pillars of surgical training, primarily in the field of laparoscopic surgery and endoscopy through the use of VR models. The amount of work and research to be done cannot be underestimated to reach a consensus on the optimal method to integrate simulation models into the existing curricula while making every possible effort to avoid the potential negative effects of unverified methods of…

than 1.1 mmol/l in blood glucose, but oppositely their blood galactose was high. 8 participants had less than 0.3 mmol/l in blood galactose, but oppositely their blood glucose was high. For the 10 participants who did the upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, there was no sign of low lactase activity in the biopsy sample that was taken. The results for the second method are as follows. 35 participants had their blood drawn for the C/T_13910 genotype determination. 21 participants had the C/T_13910…

Drafting a standardized clinical protocol would be necessary to address the challenging scenario in the City Medical Centre. For example, a formalised written guideline for the use of the Capsule Endoscopy could be developed and posted for the hospital staff members to adhere and follow must be release as approved by the Medical Centre Board of Directors .All departments, including the employees from Gastroenteroloy and Surgery Unit must be issued a copy and be involve in a staff…

CPT surgical packages are specific services provided by the physician which include, the surgical procedure, anesthesia, E/M (Evaluation and Management) that appear after the initial decision for surgery has been made and is either on the date prior to the procedure or on the actual date of the procedure. Pre-op care including talking with family and other physicians, writing orders, post anesthesia evaluation of the patient, and regular post-op follow-up care. Medicare view is, pre-op…

The first few weeks working at Humber River Hospital in the Endoscopy Department has opened up my eyes. It has led me to believe that the health industry is appropriate based on my personality and values. A major role I provided towards patients was a source of communication, mostly for their own personal comfort as the department is always busy and not every nurse can attend to each patient. Even though it is only a minor type of surgery, many patients still felt nervous, so being able to…

Introduction Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Inflammatory bowel disease is “any intestinal inflammatory disease, especially Crohn 's disease and ulcerative colitis, of unknown cause” (Inflammatory Bowel Disease, n.d.). Inflammatory Bowel Disease is broken down into two types Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis are not the same thing. Dr. Burrill B. Crohn’s first described Crohn’s disease in 1932, with…

Metamorphosis Transformation can be described as a change over time, however, transformation isn’t the term I would use to define my sudden “change”. My alteration wasn’t as depraved as most individuals who had gone through possibly worse, however, my adjustment was my own, meaning I didn’t know how to handle the situation around that time, nor did I know that this was going to be a turning point in my life. I can confirm that my “change” was mostly like a metamorphosis. A metamorphosis, was my…

The scientific technology focussed on the nano (extremely small quantity mass or object type of objects) is called nano-technology. The International System of Units (SI) for one billionth of a meter (10^-9) The term nanotechnology was described by Harry as the processing of consolidation, partition and deformation of materials by one molecule or one atom (Tibbals, 2010). With the new properties It is constantly evolving as commercial interest in the present scientific community.…